# Incident 19981210042309I: Piper PA31350, Minneapolis, MN, December 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1998, 20:48 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74972, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74972) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981210042309I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5) UPON GEAR EXTENSION FOR LANDING AT MINNEAPOLIS, MN. RIGHT GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. CYCLED GEAR-NO HELP. FLY BY TOWER AND GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DOWN LOCK SWITCH REPLACED AND GEAR RETRACTION ACCOMPLISHED. INCIDENT CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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